dbk@teroach.UUCP (Dave Kinzer) (03/07/89)
I need some help in selecting a laser printer. I have an Amiga computer so I would like to get something that works with this. This means that I would like to have an HP or something with HP emulation. My wife has a Mac SE so I am looking for something which is compatable with this computer as well. This is where I have no knowledge at all. What kind of interface, compatability, postscript, or whatever is needed to properly work in the Macintosh environment. Ideally, I would like to get an HP LaserJet II with some kind of plug in board to make it work with the Mac, but I do not know if this is possible. Alternately, I could write an Amiga driver for the Laserwriter, but I would like to avoid this if possible. Any help from people with some experience in this area would be most appreciated. Thanks. As usual, E-mail is appropriate, and I will E-mail a summary to requestors. Also, advance apologies if this has been beat to death in the Mac or Laser group, I haven't frequented them before. | // GOATS - Gladly Offering All Their Support Dave Kinzer (602)897-3085| | // >> In Hell you need 4Mb to Multitask! << uunet!mcdphx!teroach!dbk | | \X/ #define policy_maker(name) (name->salary > 3 * dave.salary) |
kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (03/08/89)
In article <10500@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com> dbk@teroach.UUCP (Dave Kinzer) writes: > Ideally, I would like to get an HP LaserJet II with some kind of plug in >board to make it work with the Mac, but I do not know if this is possible. >Alternately, I could write an Amiga driver for the Laserwriter, but I >would like to avoid this if possible. > > Any help from people with some experience in this area would be most >appreciated. Thanks. It's getting easier to connect a Mac to printers other than the LaserWriter (and ImageWriter). The Feb 21 issue of MacWeek ran a full-page ad for MacPrint which is a "chooser-level utility." Here's some copy from the ad. "You can print virtually any Mac application on a whole range of high quality, lower-priced printers. Including HP LaserJet IID, LaserJet Series II and compatibles. MacPrint supports all HP internal and cartridge fonts. You can print two sides of a page and from dual bins in legal and standard sizes." [Note: sentence structure copied from the ad!] "MacPrint displays all your printer's resident fonts for true WYSIWYG performance. If it can't find a resident font, it will create one based on the QuickDraw screen font. And MacPrint lets you print at your printer's maximum resolution: 75, 150, or 300dpi." Price $149 Call: Insight Development Corporation (415) 376-9500 1024 Country Club Drive Moroga, CA 94556 Shirley Kehr